Humanities at Cardiff
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Academic Schools and Postgraduate Programmes
Humanities research at Cardiff encompasses aspects of human experience and includes some of the longest-established fields of academic endeavour. Many disciplines explore pressing contemporary issues and contribute to a wide and varied understanding of the societies in which we live. The vibrant research environment provides a stimulating context for postgraduate research and training, and interdisciplinary research is promoted.
Research areas include: Architectural Sciences; Sustainability in the Built Environment; Energy Performance and Management; Energy and Environmental Modelling; Building Construction; Architectural History and Theory; Architectural Practice
AHRC contact: Katrina Lewis, LewisK2@cardiff.ac.uk
Research areas include: Sociolinguistics; Language Profiling; Literary and Cultural History; Critical and Cultural Theory; Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Science; Ethics
AHRC contact: Rhian Rattray, encap-pg@cardiff.ac.uk
Research areas include: European Governance, Identities and Public Policies; Histories, Memories and Fictions of Europe; Political Theory; British Idealism; Politics of Translating; International Affairs; Representing Mobility and Migration in European Cultures; Ideology Critique and Žižek Studies; European Visual Cultures; Modern German History
AHRC contact: Jenny Hulin, euros-pgr@cardiff.ac.uk
Research areas include: Ancient History; Archaeology and Conservation; History and Welsh History; Religious Studies and Theology
AHRC contact: Fiona Nicholas, Nicholas@cardiff.ac.uk
Research areas include: Journalism Studies; Mediatized Conflict; Race, Representation and Cultural Politics; Risk, Science, Health and Media; Audience and Fan Studies; Children and the Media; Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Cinema, Genre and New Media
AHRC contact for Professional Preparation Masters: Jennifer Moseley, MoseleyJ@cardiff.ac.uk
AHRC contact for Doctoral Programmes: Cerys Parker, ParkerCB1@cardiff.ac.uk
Research areas include: Bio-medicine, Ethics and Society; Governance and Constitutionalism; Procedural Justice; Regulation of Commercial Activity
Research areas include: Composition; Musicology and Performance Practice; Ethnomusicology and Popular Music
AHRC contact: Sarah Woolley, WoolleySJ@cardiff.ac.uk
Research areas include: Literature (Medieval and Modern); Sociolinguistics and Language Policy; Identity and Multiculturalism; Welsh-American Studies; Theory and Methodology of Translation and Adaptation; Creative Writing in Welsh; Performance Theory
AHRC contact: Siwan Rosser, RosserSM@cardiff.ac.uk
Postgraduate Research Support
Postgraduate research activity at Cardiff is strongly supported by The University Graduate College.
In addition to the training provided within Schools, postgraduate research students (i.e. doctoral) can benefit from training offered through the University Graduate College Programme.
For postgraduate taught students (i.e. masters), a programme of Career Management Skills is offered by the Graduate Centre.
Cardiff University’s AHRC award
In awarding a Block Grant Partnership to Cardiff University the AHRC noted that Cardiff showed 'particular strength in its strategy and vision', and recognised the University as providing students with 'excellent training and supervision'. Find out more about our BGP award.